Kicking off a series of sneak peeks at some SDCC 2012 exclusives. This is the Hasbro Gi Joe/Transformer Shockwave HISS Tank, which is a follow up piece to the Joe/Transformers Starscream Jet that was last years con exclusive. I’m not a huge Joe fan but I’ve been a big Transformers Gen 1 fan and I…

The Hasbro G.I. Joe team debuted some exciting new toys and new during today’s G.I. Joe brand panel at the G.I. JoeCon in New Orleans, Louisiana, and we wanted to share it with the AFi readers! First, Hasbro announced a brand new expression – G.I. Joe Micro Force – at JoeCon, debuting the first ever…

THE WORLD’S LARGEST COLLECTION OF CRACKER JACK TOY PREMIUMS AND VINTAGE PEZ, G.I. JOES AND HOT WHEELS TO BE SOLD AT PROFILES IN HISTORY’S JULY 2012 AUCTION LOS ANGELES, June 18, 2012 – Profiles in History, run by Joe Maddalena, couldn’t be more excited to take buyers back to their childhood with a collection of…

Hasbro has just released an impressive list of new products Star Wars Vintage Figures – Wave 04 – This wave features 6 new figures each with a normal version of the packaging as well as a new promotional blue card version. Cases, Sets, and Singles are available here: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/search.aspx?search=2012+vintage+04 Marvel Universe 2012 – Wave…

As anyone with an internet connection knows by now, earlier this week Paramount made the decision to push the new “GI Joe: Retaliation” movie originally scheduled to be released at the end of June, out 9 months to March 2013. The reason given was that they wanted to take the time and do a 3-D…

Variety just broke the news that Paramount has made the decision to push the “G.I. Joe Retaliation” movie, slated to be released June 29th, 2012 out almost a full year to March 29th, 2013 in order to convert it to 3-D. I’m sure that decision will wreak havoc with Hasbro, who would have had the…

Hasbro put out a press release today highlighting all of the brands they will be showcasing at their showroom at Toy Fair 2012. There’s a lot of information provided below, some that will appeal to AFi readers, some that won’t. Their brands are listed in alphabetical order so you can scan the list for your…

Only days after revealing the first images of G.I. Joe: Retaliation movie toys, Hasbro’s own G.I. Joe website has shown new thumbnail images for a large run of G.I. Joe: Retaliation toys, including more figures, vehicles, and role play items! Also shown are the Hasbro SDCC Exclusives – two versions of Jinx, and a Decepticon…

In the weeks before Toy Fair 2012, many companies have reached out to major media outlets to help the tease their new product. Just this week we have seen: Hasbro revealed their GI Joe: Retaliation movie figures to USA Today. MTV Geek got an exclusive look at Playmates new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles line. Wired…